I’m, of course, talking about Ark Nova, one of the hottest titles at the moment. Designed by first-time designer Mathias Wigge and published by Feuerland Spiele, Ark Nova has been very popular recently. A Finnish game store got a few dozen copies and sold them out immediately. I managed to secure a copy for myself…
Sami Laakso was kind enough to loan me a preview copy of Dawn of Peacemakers to try out. I had the game for a week or so, and was able to play it for a while. The game had near-final art, prototype components, and lots of flavour text missing. The game is coming to Kickstarter…
Review of Zooloretto in Finnish. Zooloretto is the latest game in the Coloretto family. This zoo-themed family game is based on a familiar mechanism that works so well in the small card game. This big box board game turned out be another success for Michael Schacht. A simple idea The basic idea is the same:…
…Catan and Carcassonne on loan. I hope that results in two new converts (and of course their friends who play the games with them). It was a rather pleasant two hours. The next meeting is in a month and then the discussion will be about classic computer games. My top three? Nethack, Civilization and Tetris….
…a lot) have best chances to win prizes, but everyone who has played even some games will have a chance (I’d award one chance for everyone just for coming, so everyone can win). Of course, if several prizes are awarded, it’s probably a good idea to only allow each player to win only one prize….
…with all numbers. Wonderful game, and the last few games have revealed more depth in the decisionmaking. I’m glad I bought this. Yspahan — Of course, I need to mention this one. I’ve played over 50 games with the PC version and I just bought the board game. What an excellent game. Review coming up!…
…the moment I start a design. I suppose that’s an academic habit, Cole explains. – While you don’t want to wholly become subject to a particular conversation or a particular publication, there comes a time when you need to communicate what you’ve done, and part of that “communication” means thinking about the different forms it…
…game. That it was, indeed. There are lovely action cards, for example, that cause players to trade hands. You can go looking through the deck to find the card you need, and of course there are counter cards to stop your opponent from acting. Don’t make long-time plans! It’s no Fluxx, though. There’s some level…
…copy came my way. While Tommy was preparing meal (excellent fish and cream baked in oven), I introduced my most recent acquisition, San Juan to the other guys. I won the game pretty hands down thanks to my superior experience, but they seemed to like it a lot. That’s, of course, no surprise, because it’s…
Something I wanted to share with you before I leave: I got a letter today from Friedhelm Merz Verlag — the company behind the Spiel in Essen. I was quite surprised. Turns out they had sent me a voting ballot for the Deutscher SpielePreis 2003, because I voted last year. Nice. I was going to…